Expression of Rinx/Vsx1 during postnatal eye development in cone-bipolar, differentiating ganglion, and lens fiber cells

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 93-105

  Hayashi, Takaaki ^a,c   Huang, Jing ^b   Deeb, Samir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Homeobox protein; Immunohistochemical analysis; Lens differentiation; Retinal cell differentiation; Retinal cells; Rinx gene

Indexed keywords

ENZYME ANTIBODY; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MARKER; MESSENGER RNA; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN KINASE C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RINX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE DEVELOPMENT; GANGLION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS FIBER; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONES (RETINA); EYE; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTERNEURONS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROGLIA; RABBITS; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 18044394763     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-004-0162-z     Document Type: Article

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